Google could be working on an AI assistant for the Pixel 9

Right now, the Pixel 8 Pro enjoys some heightened AI capabilities thanks to Gemini. That’s great for folks using this phone, but Google is already planning on the AI chops for its next flagship phone, the Pixel 9 series. According to a new report, the Pixel 9 will have its own exclusive AI assistant called Pixie.

Billions of Android phones around the world have access to the all-powerful Google Assistant. It’s been able to establish itself as the king of voice assistants. The company announced Assistant With Bard (AWB) back in October, so it’s only going to get smarter as time goes on. As you can imagine, AWB will be the Google Assistant powered up with the Bard chatbot. We’re still waiting for information on that feature to come as Google pushes further into this AI world.

Google is working on the Pixie assistant for the Pixel 9

Obviously, you’ll want to take this news cautiously. We’re talking about something that, if true, won’t hit the market for almost a year. We’re dealing with early information, so anything could change at any moment.

Sources say that Google is working on an AI assistant that will be exclusive to Pixel devices. From how it sounds, it seems that this will be separate from AWB. This powerful AI assistant is expected to be called Pixie. Aside from having an adorable name, Pixie is expected to have some powerful AI prowess. It may be able to integrate with apps like Gmail, Google Maps, and other apps, but we don’t know how. We can expect that it will have deep integration. Don’t be surprised if you’ll be able to tell it to draft emails or other messages for you.

As for the availability, we don’t know what Pixel devices will be able to have Pixie. We’re not sure if Google is going to make it exclusive to the Pixel 9 phones or distribute it down to the current and recent Pixel devices on the market.

The report also states that Google could possibly develop a pair of AI glasses that will utilize Pixie. Now, we don’t know anything about these glasses, but it seems that the company is referring to them only as an “internal discussion”. So, there might not be any solid plans to develop these glasses.

With the information we have, it looks like the classes will have a camera to scan the world and give you real-time feedback based on what they see. This could be Google Lens on steroids (and on your face.)

Since this is all still early information, we’ll need to wait for more details to know what’s going to happen.